Saturday, November 2, 2013

Started a few seasons ago, the mixing
of sport elements into everyday outfits trend has evolved into full blown madness
(the good kind that is).

The first step was marked by adapted/enhanced
sport items insidiously finding their way into our wardrobes and everyday
outfits. That’s how clothes traditionally worn to the gym or reserved for outdoors activities like caps,
hoodies, sweatshirts, sport pants started to be combined with girly dresses, voluminous
skirts, tailored pants, statement jewelry and high heels. Granted most of these
were somehow modified to appeal to a more fashion oriented crowd but sport chic
was suddenly not just accepted but cool and original.

The platform sneaker is the perfect
example to illustrate my case. Heavily sport inspired but with the heel/height
element added in the mix it was a huge hit. And while many girls are still
wearing the Isabel Marant model or the many variation inspired by it, even more
of them have moved on to the running shoe which is the next step in the evolution
of this trend. Now it’s the perfect time to wear your Nike shoes instead of high heels around town – they are not reserved for jogging or gym anymore. You
can look at it as a purification of a trend that’s getting more and more literal
every passing season. It might even have something to do with the general
direction towards casualness the entire society stirs towards.

I actually collected quite a few
inspirational outfits featuring cool running shoes as the main attraction and
most of them were photographed outside this year’s Fashion Week crown around
the globe: New York, London, Milan and Paris.